Try Me (Three Romantic Short Stories)

Daily Della is a series of short fiction anthologies. Five stories in each issue, ideal for your daily coffee break. This promotional ‘Daily Della’ is a special cut-down, cut-price version, designed to give you a taster. More

Daily Della is a series of short fiction anthologies. Five stories in each issue, ideal for your daily coffee break.

This promotional ‘Daily Della’ is a special cut-down, cut-price version, designed to give you a taster.

In this issue:

When Emma and Jilly see an advert for NUDE male cleaners they wonder whether it’s genuine. Emma decides there’s only one way to find out – she has visions of naked men ironing her clothes – and despite Jilly’s protestations, she rings the number, in The Naked Truth.

The last place Karen expects to find herself on her thirtieth birthday is stuck up a tree, but thanks to her niece and nephew, ten year old twins, Conrad and Sarah that’s exactly what happens. They tell her not to worry, Tom will get her down and they disappear to find him. Then to make matters worse it starts to rain and Karen’s left worrying about the identity of the mysterious Tom, in On One Condition.

Debs and her friend go to see a Welsh male voice choir and Debs falls in love with a gorgeous tenor, third row, fifth from the left. When they play her favourite hymn, ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’ she begins to feel like a sinner herself. Especially as she’s married to Andrew who’s waiting patiently for her back home, in Saint or Sinner.

Reviews

Review by:
Catherine E. Chapman
on Sep. 21, 2012 :
My attention was drawn to this book because I recognised its author's name. Della Galton is a celebrated writer of short fiction for UK women's magazines.

If you like romance and are unused to this short fiction format, 'Try Me' is a great introduction to it. Della Galton's writing is pacey and direct, with lots of dialogue and characters who are appealing despite the limited opportunity for character development in a couple of thousand words.

I enjoyed 'The Naked Truth' for the humour behind the scenario and the clever way the plot was handled. 'Saint or Sinner' was, I thought, quite profound for such a short and seemingly light story.